Dice-K, Sox top M's

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Jul 23, 2008 | 4:00 AM

SEATTLE - Boston's Daisuke Matsuzaka continued his masterful pitching away from Fenway Park, and J.D. Drew's first inning homer helped the Red Sox beat the Seattle Mariners, 4-2, Tuesday night. Dice-K (11-1) held Seattle to five hits and shut out Seattle into the eighth, improving to 5-0 with a 2.20 ERA in eight starts away from home. Matsuzaka saw his scoreless innings streak end at 25 when countryman Ichiro Suzuki lined an RBI double over center fielder Coco Crisp with one out in the bottom of the eighth.

D-BACKS 9, CUBS 2: The visiting Cubs lost for the fifth time in the last six games, having scored no more than two runs in each of those losses. Before the game, Arizona acquired reliever Jon Rauch from the Nationals for infield prospect Emilio Bonifacio.